The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-31 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P I_RLIAMENT. MOUSE 0F PEERS. THURSDAY, MARC!' 3b. COMMISSION. The House met this day at two o'clock, when the Royal Assent was notified by Commission to several Public and Privatelills.—Arnong the former ♦vere, the Tobacco General Importation Bill, the American Fishery, and the Newfoundland . Judica- Aurt. &c. The Commissioners Were the Archbishop - of Citi- TstquaV . ,the .Long CHANCELLOR, and Lord ' WAL-. eiNGH-AM.' The Bills on the table were forwarded in their respective stages. Oa the motion of the-Loup CHANCELLOR, it was Orcteret i that the Cornthittee of : Privileges do sit on the tirst Tuesday after the recess, to resume the clahns to the Roxbtirgh Peetage. Adjoninecl till to-mcimiw fortnight. VOUSZ OF COMMONS. THURSpAYi 'MARCH At two o'clOck the fir RA LER, attended by several Members, being suinronned by the D.Tuty Usher of. the Black nod, attended in the House of Lords: On their return, the Speaker acquainted the House, that the Royal Assent by Catoiniision had been given to several Bills. (See Report of the Lords).—After transacting some private business, the House then, on the motion of the CFIANCET,LOR of the Excuß• 411.416 adjourned till Tuesday se'nnight, M 4 /FE S TO OF THE SPANISH NAtION TO EUROPE. " Nations and communities of Europe, Princes, good men of all classes and in all conditions, the Spanish People, and in their name the Dire&ing Junta, to whom, on account of the unjust and ini quitous imprisonment 'of their King, authority is Confided, undertakes to lay before you a history of the mis:ortunes and grievances they have endured, and, in presenting to !AI a faithful pielnre of their situation, a candid exposure of their designs, they assure themselves of your compassion for their cala mities, and of your solicitudelor their fate. .All the world has witnessed the constant adhe reuqe of Spain to the cause of France, and the unin terrupted friendship she has preserved during an en lire. War against the one was hostility against the otherpeace with the one was tranquil lily with the others--their alliartc s and their con ne6tions were ever, the same—but France, by her preponderance. n Europe, by the superior influence of her Sovereigns, was considered the principal brancliA4 the family of the Bourbons, and as such regulated the enterprizes and direeled the operations of both, Consequently, all the benefit of this union was her own, and Spain _derived no other utility Kid no other glory from it, than as being the first pad must powerful instrument of the agrandiseincnt Of her ally„ , oc This union subsisted until the Revolution of France, when . the expulsion of fathily frem the throne•of their ancestors, abrogated for ever the compact. Other viess4, other relations, different external policy was neeesstiry under these new cir tunstancd to the Spanish Monarchy, apd Charles IV. appeared willing to adopt them, when in 1793 . deciared war against France, and joined his forces viith those of,the Coalition of Europe, But the Fa vourite (Manuel de Godoy; Prince of the Peace,) who possessed uncoutrouled influence in our Coun cils, wretchedly conkluoted our operations tR , the Lou; of cotitlict, and our arrangements in the inter val of tranquillity., roan unsuccessful war succeed ed a-disgrqceftil peace, and to this disgraceful peace nu unequal and ruinous alliance, and from that time *0 the pi'esent, Spain has been tied to the wheels of French destiny, and has been lacerated in its rapid stmt devious - course. _ _ • _ , (‘ How was it that the benefits of this alliance were always with 'France ?Her industry was =- tiered prove by the support of the treasures of spaio and the Indies. Our armies were her's, and not less purports, our shipping, and we May add, our Colonies. This near relationship between the 'two Powers, was maintained on our part by good frii•it and unreserved fricndshir we always received 1 1 ,,em as biethren, and, in their two expeditions into Aornn, our peasants deprived themselves of bread, in times of great secret y, to administer to the wants of their troops ; and even • our women abandoned h e ir twits, to give to the tit'ed soldiers the comfort of roose. Let Frenchmen not forget these ser t ices; let I hose:of them that are . capable,orshame* bitmit for their crimes., Those Will feel no rethorse wh9, se liave resi6ned al) that constitutes be solace, -the !'apprness, and the dignity of man, to accomplish . the purpo'ies of one whose thirst of power ._ . . Mid wh,.. t s .l the 'adv:mtages that. Spain has de -4 v,vt.„,..,„,,,n344.1r.k1 utli mix ''' - i'vv) maritime t ! iv.. t 'l.l ' , , WPI:S• eq 0 Ily to 1--our .sqiudrons are sactiticed to tho cautious policy of our, present - allies—valuable, ,gi,ilonies.lcist,--an interruption given to out ! connec von with America, .the principid nerve Of our 111- , tio;;;I: ill4UStiy, LOtliiialla, CV.:11,WW.71 With I ilo Fferieli tor Etruria, and hnmediately 'sold,- contrary 0 the express terms of the alienation. Etruria, t i lt , price of this concession, and of inunense" sums besides,. iil the sequid violently forced - from the v r inco who pk, - nite,wd it . ; a' copious stream of silver and gold which flowed from Spain to Fr a n ee toa p., pea4c the. avarice' of her Goyernors-r-in tine, the wiid adiiiinistration of the Favourite, protecited and opported by her, is another tithe bitter fruits of tlus tuisapplied friendship. if I. constant, and only objed which govern -04 our Cabitwt, was to , satisty the i ; xpeclation of the French. , Charles always . contemplated them as the r ornoter, of his 'ruin, but the hvonrite sacrificell ovory thug to his own preservation, and there was }lo meanness, no 'servile submis4ioo, to which, for their purpc.be, he i would not eendeseemi, o ur riincet; fohzet illit - lo'Ve - i'.nd respect for their People alKenid lie tie guides of their cot.clo,'.l, t u rd 'were thp 1.0,4 secniiiei aE,ainst the aggressions of power,—, F r prn cp,R, , ..•,,sity to eoncemon, from fraud to fraud, Vylvd"Lly zit. 1131 lethargy, they hurried onward to t i,uir 1 oin k and ex pected theirately from t h e Serpe4 that meditated their desttn6idn. 0 Ric: clogqlll4 44R4e 4 Vii; it* p l re i i 1144 swallowed\uply and Holland, that had subverted the political system of Germany, and exterminated Prussia, was arrested in its progress by the Peace of Tilsit, but returned with violence to spend its fury in the" West...-The unjust posses ion of Portugal and reported expeditions to Africa, were the pretexts for the introduction of French troops into. Spain, and thetoffer of a Sovereignty in that kingdom to the Favourite, was the temptation of the Favourite to accede to these desiens, TO these arrangetnvnts Was added, the scandalous transaaion of the Escu rial ; the' unhappy divisions among the Royal Fa wily, produced by French intrigue and perfidy ; *tie and Europe heard with astonishment the, charge of parricide adduced by Charles the . IV th against . his successor, and .they listened with horror while a father commande& the sword of justice to . fall upon his first-born: But Spain and Europe re pelled the nefarious calumny, and not a stain re mained On the character of an innocent and virtuous Prince—persecuted,, deprived of the affeation and confidence of his parents, his respea and obedience to them. never forsook him, and his only crime was, being feared and therefore detested by the Favourite. The wretch did net venture to Consummate his pur pose, pad alarmed at the vengeance. prepared . for .him by Spanish loyalty, he abandoned his infamous design, and by this unsuccessful effort advanced one step nearer 'elite precipice from which he fell. "' In the 'mean while !the French troops entered Spain, and Napoleon taking advantage of this shame ful disunion in the .Royal Family, gave the signal to his Generals to forward his purposes. The fortresses of Pamplona, Barcelona, and Figueras, were Mt. cherously seized by those soldiers who were received into the country as friends and" allies. When this infringement of the' laws of hospitality became known, the whole kingdom was alarmed and the Goverement interposed ; but the weak King, instead of opposing violence by violence, contented himself with listening to the Idle excuses of the French, and again returned to the fatal lethargy that absorbed his faculties. ,They Allen advanced. towards the Ca. pital, and , the mystery was unveiled. • The dis respea with which they spice of the nation and of its Princes, increased the public inquietude, and the fears of the most incautious, who at firSt believed that they came to destity the tyranny of Godoy, in the sequel were awakened. The King, t aself, at last undeceived, proceeded from Madrid, on his road to 'Andalusia, with a view to transport himself to the western world. • "' Such was the state of the Spanish people, who no longer had any hope to indulge, and no respeCt to preserve. They saw themselves d&prived of their Princes, without a GeVertinient, without a Protector, abandoned to the tender mercies of strangers, and exposed to the fate of Portugal, where the French had been received, without oppoiitien, and where, as the, first specimen oi.n;form, they confiscated all property, public tied private, and levied to immense contribution as a pretended 'ransom for' the inha bitants. Spain at length lifted up itsvoice, resisted the designs of the Royal Family, and the Favourite devolved - into That state of insignificance,, in which he - should have . always' remained,. and his patrons either nit willing,' or not knowing how to reign :without him, ab:Uatea to the heir the' throne of their fathers—Ferdinand the Vlith was solemnly • proclaimed and universally acknowledged to be King by those who, were to .obey bids. The nation was suddenly restyled frcitrz death to life, confidence was re-established, and liappineas'.reigned in every bosom. None are better acquainted than the French, if they chose, for once, to speak 'the truth, with the perlea unanimity of sentiment, and the general 'and loud expression of national joy which ; was virciferated'throughont the Empire. The friendly relationship :which yet apparently subsisted between the two countries, was not de- Buoyed', but on the c intrary, the young Monarch used his endeavours 'to draw still closer the bonds of rifleaion. As Prince of Astnriate he had sought the friendship Of Buonaparte, and had implored his protection against the oppression Under which he la boured, and had even manifested a wish to be allied by marriage with his family: When Monarch of Spain and of the Indies, he was faithful to what he had before • professed, end he sent an Ambassador, Extraordinary to announce to the Emperor his exal tation to the Throne ; repeating on the same occa sion the.offer'of a domestic union. Whet; he Was' infdimed' that Napoleon was journeying to Spain, he diOnssed bik Rept! Brother to compliment him on hisnpproach, andraupposing from the represen tetions of the false emissaries of, Buonaparte, that. the Emperor would-,meet him within the limits of Spain,he went himself to accelerate the interview. " Yhat 11130 is there who retains any portion of the charaaer of his species, that could be insensible • to these demonstrations of friendship and confidence. Napoleon continutalto deceive the King by his arti . - fices and the innocent viL itu proceeded from Burgos to ~'ictOritt, front Viaoria to the Frontiers,.and front the Frontiers to Riyonne. Here at latit he meets with his :;11y, who haVing entangled hint in his toils inforinsliirn; that he' Mitst renounce that Crown with : which hia,brows had been encircled by the Will of his People. lii order to overcome that' repugnance which Buonaparte expected in a Spanisli'Prince,'on hearing such a degrading proposition, he , contrived, tHat the-Royal Pare us should meet their son at Bay °nue, and revoke the abdication -they 144 made in his favour. There assuming , the charatter of the defender of the rights of the father 'against the son, availing himself of that filial reverence whic,neVer forsook the breast of Ferdinand, and, uiumphing over the miserable situation Of all of them, he com pels the son to return the Crown to his parent, and the parent to surrender it into his Own hands. " And what was the situation, what . were the sentiments of the. people of Spain, while this scene of disgrace and tyranny was exhibiting ; while all the fundamental laws of the 'Monarchy were'violat ed, and all 'the purpose S-of the national disap pcinted ' Restrained by their loyalty and, peace, as loeg as they could indulge a • hope that their King would be acknowledged, they spewed no inipatience or'disgust towards the Frond), who, aceetntnodated in the.capital and its neighboorhood,'employed the Millie of Fdrdinand and of his Government ;. 'while they were consoled by the hospitality and' courtesy pt the Spanish people, •But when. they Aiscirvered :that the King, nutwithstanding the promises he had made on leaving them, did not and could not re- Inrn ; when they discerned the trammel; in which 1"; was PnVelN4cl Bayonne; when they read ttte ioCendiary 04peri circulated with industry, d e .. :NAN the ltaN reyelution 1 whyn they learnt that the sad remains of the ROyal Family were brutally forced froni their territories, then, and net: till, then, public discontent expressed itself in complaint and clamour, and the general indignation began to be manifested by open hostility. " The French took advantage of this violent agi tation, and their atrocious connivances prepared the road for the memorable transactions of the 2d of. May.—They now had recourse to 'the means or in spiring terror, and they thought, that by vanquish ing the capital, they should conquer the whole -na tion. An opportunity soon offered, which Might have been evaded by pacific expedients. Inipatient of blood, - inflated by tyranny., they mowed down an innocent people, and slaughter spread its wide havoc through the quiet streets 9f Madrid ; the in habitants' rushed •to arms, and band to hand, and foot to foot, the battalions of the French were taught how to despise death by their opponents, whu manit&ted more courage than their Nile assas sins, protected by the closeness of a phalanx; and all ttwsesources of military discipline. liuman blood poured as warm a current though the avenues, and although unequal in number, ebandOned, by their Government, and deserted by their Officers, who shamelessly confined • thetnSelves in their quarters, the conflid was sustained with obstinacy, and, in many places, with advantage, when the accents of peace were heard with reverence from the lips of their Magistrates, and they obeyed the mandate. " The combat 'ceased, and horror commenced its labours. Barbarous Frenchmen estatdished their posts thioughent the capital, and the people - , forted with arms on their parsons, even %yid) domestic utensils pretended to be such, were seized, and, without preparatiOn or trial, during the same_ night, and the following morning,. were butchered' within sight of their own doors. 'During that terrible in terval, the silence. Was only interrupted by the.aels of the executiOner, and thee, oatts of the dying, and brave Spaniards disernied, were prevented from in fueling a just vengeance tbr the murder of their bre thren. " That melancholy day transferred into the hands of Frenchmen the highest authority "of the :State, and the resignations from Bayonne, which immedi ately appeared, acquainted the people that their th tore fate was to depend 'upon the will of Napo leon. The Emperor then ceded 'to his brother Jo , seph the Spanish Crown, and in order to sanction these ads, in the ,genuine style 'of French buffoon ery, a Junta of Spaniards was convoked at Bayonne ; some of the Members were sold, others were imbe ciles, but most of them were mere cyphers—and these puppets of the Grand Master, of the show, without credentials, 'without any appeal to the pub lic to- obtain authority, ,signified their approbation of, and subscribed their names 'to the miserable farrago, which Napoleon,and his Secretaries distin guished by the pompous title of the Spanish Con .stitntion. In this manner, after having pradised whatever is vile in perfidy, and whatever is detestable in wickedness, these ithpudenf sophists atretled to speak of constitutions, laws, and reforms ; and, not being able to exhibit any right, either just or apparent for ' their usurpation, they gilt over their crimes under the specious name of Public Reformers. But a na tion composed Of twelve millions of people requires too tutors. • And, good God ! who are these instrue,. tor;? They are the same, that after having called themselves the defenders of the rights of man, and - of all the principles of legitimate government, nins; ter thigh' armies to trample both .on the one and the other; both within and without their own bound aries. Who are these instrudors ThoseAvho have made no law which they have not destroyed, whO have established no government Which , they have nut corrupted. These instructors are states as ha - vt., alternately pradised, and endured horrois without end, in order to establish that liberty which they knOw not how to enjoy,, and have terminated their career of infamy by becoming the degradedinstru ments of ,the most insensate ambition, with. which the world has been afllided since the days 'ofTamer lane. Let us no longer submit. to the ravaciti of these plunderers of the world, who cane. to rob us of that wealth accumulated on our soil : bp the la bours of'a century. Let us not submit to be. the , 'vassals of this subaltern ruler, placed here only to be the mouth-piece of thes tyrant. Let us not allow our youth to be transported to other countries, to Cut the throats - of nations who have done us no injory, as the conscripts of Italy and Gerinany, shed our blood within our own territoriest. If the ruby cur rent of the heart must be pouredforth, it is better to offer it as incense to our country, than to the ambi tion of a maniac. It is batter to tight and die before the face of our, fathers on the shorcs.of the Tagus, the - GuadalqUiver, and the: Ebro, than ft), make the. frozen regions of the Vistula and the Danube blush for our crimes. [To be continued.' MAILS. Agit !YID -.1 Dublin. Dut —1 Gnttenburgh, r Malta, Dublin, 3 Waterford. ~,Erl SU N. QUI3 Dicaas /ALsum AUDtAT? L 0 AT'D 0 IV, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1809. Sir At WELLESLRY has vacated his seat in Parliament, and it is expeaed that he will imme diately resign his office . of Chief Secretary for Ire land. It is generally believed that this most gallant and / successful Officer is to take the command of, th 4 British Forced in Portugal, which are now very con siderable, and will in a short time be greatly aug mented. We very mush doubt whet her, under the present circumstances, the 'Branch will make a seri ous attack upon Portugal. The French Fotco!in Spain is not only not sufficient for the conquest of that Country, but it can scarcely retain tree occupation of those parts which they have conquered ; they can refore hardly spare a sufficient force foi I he conquest of Portugal. But on the other hand, it is obvious that it is an objed of the utmost importance to litiotorAnnt to get ;he English ont of Portugal, if Ile qv, becatisp whilo they romiin tory, in that kingdom, he can never be sea= in Spain, even if he should be able to over-run the Southern and' Eastern 'PreVince's. • PoTtugal would form a.point of retreat for the Spaniards, and either the North, the Smith, or the centre of Spain, could be easily at tacked from Portugal., The probability of an Aus trian.-war has- crippled BUoNAPARTE!S exertions in - Spain, other Wise we have not the slightest doubt that he would, long before this, have 'entered Por tugal - *Alt a formidable army. It is - true that a pore tion of Marshal Sotivr's Army, consisting, we be lieve, of !bout sixteen or eighteen thousand men, haVe penetrated from Gillicia into the Province . of Ttas Los Mantes; but there is strong reason i to. suspett that one of the motives that induced . Sonar tc make this`movement was to get his army out of Gallicia, *here it was experiencing a _very considerable daily diminution' from the setive and in veterate hostlity of the inhabitants. It has been no ticed, with some surprise, - that when 'We had an army in the North of Spain, fighting for the inde pendence of that country, the inhabitants beheld our exertions with great'apathy, and seemed to view t he approach of the French without dismay; while in the South of Splits the people were unatiimous in their delermidtion' .t.ar oppose the' French': The , Ousts . - of this difference appars to ns obvious. In the greater part of the North of Spain, the people had" had very few opportunities of forming a due estimate of the French charaae . r, ar otnppreciating accurately the benefits of French proteaion. Since the . evacu- . alien of Gallicia, however, by the British, the Inha bitants have had ample opportunity to forma correa judgtrient upon the subje&,. and the consequence. has been, Oat they have almost unanimously risen against the French. But whether in. the course of the campaign it may be necessary that we should 8a on the defensive in Portugal, or that we 'should, from that Country a&ively co-operate with the Spa ti;ards, it will in either case be necessary that Nva should have a large force there, and certainly no Officer could be scleaed to command that Force who posseses in a-greater degree the confidence of the Country and of the Army than Sir ARTllatt WE'LLESLEY. THE sudden Revolution which has taken place in Sweden has given rise to a number of speculations in this Country, with rcspea to the nature of our fu ture reiat4ous with Sweden ; and some of our Con* temporaries have undertaken to define with prect• . sion the condud which the British Government in tends to adopt upon this occasion, and th ° fr " r" wilich e it is pretending etid ing to o contemplations very t accurate to aemprlaot 3 y a 1"41 W ithout :‘:l::l:e . of the intentions of Mi u i s t ers , we m ay venture to assert, that it is their wish to remain upon amic able terms With .Sweden, even if, i n con sequence of the recent events in that Country, the' persons exercis in g the powers of Government there should deem it ix., pedient to conclude 6 Nate with 'France, Russia/ and, Denmark: But Wo cannot forget that Buor I'ARTE ads upon a syst . errk.of tits own, and tt z at to make Peace with him, implies a•declaration. of War against his 'Enemies. In every illStallea „where ha has been about to negotiate a Treaty of'Peace,.ll B has invariably insisted that 'the Power negotiating Should abandon all intercourse, cOmmercialor other ,wise:, with Great Britain ; and he has also generally insisted that . all British property should be 'leized. There can be very tittle doubt hut that in the pre ;a nt instance he will adopt a similar policy. Whether Ilia new Swedish Government will purchase a Peace upon such terms we cannot at present foresee ; but certainly it is the duty of His Majesty's Ministers 10 be prepared for such an event, and we are convinced 'it will be found that they have 'snot negle6ted that duty. With re pet to the naval force which is to 1) 8 employed in the Baltic during.the .gpiitig and SULU' mer, vi try positive statements have been.matic, btic certainly not, .from any authority. W e v o w that the Admiralty are making .every,possiblo. cxernoli to equipa most powerful Fleet fOr tbe*Nottli Sell Baltic;. but how . that force will be apportioi) ed ; apprehend, known only to the Admiralty. It is mentioned in som a private L e tters wilidt have been received from the Continent, il ' 3l a Treaty had been concluded between France and Per sia, by I.4.bich the' latter is to cea to France an Island in the Persian Gulph. Yesterday afternoon a cahinet CounciliPas ' leld; at the Foreign'Office. On Wednesday altertionn Mr. PARSONS, the Me S ' stager, was gent oil with dispatches to our Mitlial c at Sweden. Yesterday . 1 ty s annual bounty of Woollen cloth, linen clot b : shoes, stockings; five loaves of bread, beef, 6-3'‘ 1 salmon; cod,, and herrings, wooden cups full of alb and wine, and 7i silver penny-pieces were bitted m 71 poor men anti 71 poor vvomen, beiog as .many - iti.his Majesty is .years old, in a large rootiii:, { adjoining W biteh2ll Chapel, Without the usLial faints 1 and ceremonies, on account of the Chapel being der repair, and fitting up tOr a Military-ClisPel. Carey, • the Sub r Afinoticr, atencloci A atid 14 .0 gr 3" itwt fvtarmtt